Sec. 50.0052.  APPLICATION.  (a)  A municipality may apply to the commission in the form and manner prescribed by the commission for a matching grant under this subchapter.  To qualify for a grant, an applicant must:
(1)  develop a media campaign and appoint a municipal employee to oversee the program; and
(2)  provide proof that the applicant is able to obtain or secure municipal money in an amount at least equal to the amount of the awarded grant.
(b)  The commission shall review applications for a matching grant submitted under this section and award matching grants to each municipality that demonstrates in the application the most effective strategies for reducing the number of sex trafficking crimes in the municipality and the greatest need for state funding.
(c)  The commission may provide a grant under Subsection (b) only in accordance with a contract between the commission and the municipality.  The contract must include provisions under which the commission is granted sufficient control to ensure the public purpose of sex trafficking prevention is accomplished and the state receives the return benefit.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 413 (S.B. 20), Sec. 5.01, eff. September 1, 2019.